diff -Nur pommed-1.26.orig/gpomme/Makefile pommed-1.26/gpomme/Makefile
--- pommed-1.26.orig/gpomme/Makefile	2009-03-14 08:13:17.000000000 -0500
+++ pommed-1.26/gpomme/Makefile	2009-07-29 11:13:21.054859107 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CC = gcc
+OPT ?= -O2
 
 GTK_CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0)
 GTK_LIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0)
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 
 INOTIFY_CFLAGS = $(shell test -e /usr/include/sys/inotify.h || echo -DNO_SYS_INOTIFY_H)
 
-CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall $(DBUS_CFLAGS) $(DBUSGLIB_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(CONFUSE_CFLAGS) $(GLADE_CFLAGS) $(INOTIFY_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS = -g $(OPT) -Wall $(DBUS_CFLAGS) $(DBUSGLIB_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(CONFUSE_CFLAGS) $(GLADE_CFLAGS) $(INOTIFY_CFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS = -lpthread $(DBUS_LIBS) $(DBUSGLIB_LIBS) $(GTK_LIBS) $(CONFUSE_LIBS) $(GLADE_LIBS)
 
 SOURCES = gpomme.c theme.c conffile.c \
diff -Nur pommed-1.26.orig/pommed/Makefile pommed-1.26/pommed/Makefile
--- pommed-1.26.orig/pommed/Makefile	2009-03-14 08:13:17.000000000 -0500
+++ pommed-1.26/pommed/Makefile	2009-07-29 11:13:34.453703569 -0500
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
 
 CC = gcc
+OPT ?= -O2
 
 DBUS_CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config dbus-1 --cflags) -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE
 DBUS_LIBS = $(shell pkg-config dbus-1 --libs)
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 
 TIMERFD_CFLAGS = $(shell test -e /usr/include/sys/timerfd.h || echo -DNO_SYS_TIMERFD_H)
 
-CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall $(DBUS_CFLAGS) $(ALSA_CFLAGS) $(AUDIOFILE_CFLAGS) $(CONFUSE_CFLAGS) $(INOTIFY_CFLAGS) $(TIMERFD_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS = -g $(OPT) -Wall $(DBUS_CFLAGS) $(ALSA_CFLAGS) $(AUDIOFILE_CFLAGS) $(CONFUSE_CFLAGS) $(INOTIFY_CFLAGS) $(TIMERFD_CFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS = -pthread -lrt $(DBUS_LIBS) $(ALSA_LIBS) $(AUDIOFILE_LIBS) $(CONFUSE_LIBS)
 
diff -Nur pommed-1.26.orig/wmpomme/Makefile pommed-1.26/wmpomme/Makefile
--- pommed-1.26.orig/wmpomme/Makefile	2009-03-14 08:13:17.000000000 -0500
+++ pommed-1.26/wmpomme/Makefile	2009-07-29 11:13:46.671562196 -0500
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 CC = gcc
+OPT ?= -O2
 
 DBUS_CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config dbus-1 --cflags) -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE
 DBUS_LIBS = $(shell pkg-config dbus-1 --libs)
 
 TIMERFD_CFLAGS = $(shell test -e /usr/include/sys/timerfd.h || echo -DNO_SYS_TIMERFD_H)
 
-CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall $(DBUS_CFLAGS) $(TIMERFD_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS = -g $(OPT) -Wall $(DBUS_CFLAGS) $(TIMERFD_CFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS = -lrt -lXpm -lXext -lX11 $(DBUS_LIBS)
 
 SOURCES = wmgeneral.c wmpomme.c \
